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Overview of Livestock Status in South Sudan

22 July 2015 UNOCHA meeting hall, Juba

Sileshi Mekonnen FAO Livestock Program Coordinator

Background

Livestock population in South Sudan  6th largest lives tock herd in Africa Highest per capita livestock holding on the continent (FAO report 2012) About 65% of HHs in South Sudan own livestock

 Contribute 15% to the GDP (GRSS Growth Strategy 2010-

2012) Cattle 11,816,672 Sheep 12,611,522 Goats 13,974,135 38,402,329

Role of Livestock:  signify status and wealth, and serve as the main livelihood asset for pastoralist communities.  Livestock are sold for cash,  slaughter for cultural practices,  exchange for grain,  used as payment for penalties,  given for dowry. Despite vast potential livestock products do not meet the local demands.

Migration pattern

Traditional migration:

• ccurs

during dry season to search pasture and water. Non-traditional migration: occurs due to conflicts or other factors Impacts: livestock diseases spread, conflict between farmers and migrants, affects TOT between grain and livestock prices

Major livestock diseases in South Sudan

• Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD),
• East Coast fever (ECF),
• Trypanosomosis,
• Anthrax,
• Black Quarter (BQ),
• Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP),
• Haemorrhagic septicemia (HQ),
• Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP),
• Peste des petits ruminants (PPR),
• Sheep and goat pox (SGP),
• New castle disease (NCD)

Internal and external parasites are common affecting production of livestock. Therefore, need special attention

FAO’s support for the development

• f Livestock Sector in South Sudan

FAO interventions

• With the occurrence of the civil war in 2013 in

South Sudan, FAO took a leading role in provision of emergency veterinary services in the country.

• Supported the procurement and distribution
• f vaccines and veterinary drugs to partners
• Supported the capacity development of

CAHWs which are the main frontline service providers to the affected livestock owners.

• Supported the conduction of livestock disease

surveillance in at‐risk areas.

• Strengthening cold chain management

Support the scaling-up of vaccination and treatment activities in South Sudan

• Dry season livestock vaccination campaign

launched in January 2015 in all states in SS.

• Dry season vaccination activities were carried
• ut mainly through FAO direct intervention in

collaboration with partners

Achievements:>3 million livestock vaccinated and treated from January to June 2015

Vaccination: 2,659,462

Shoats: 837,196 Poultry: 7,807 Cattle: 1,814,459

Treatment: 261,765

Shoats: 202,366 Poultry: 5,697 Cattle: 202,366

Future plan

Target livestock for vaccination in remaining months

• f 2015

Cattle: 3,669,600 Shoats: 2,105,400 Poultry: 49,900 Dogs: 21,000 Target HHs: 103,900 Train 1,600 CAHWs Veterinary kits: >4,000

Continue livestock vaccination and treatment in a well-strategic and planned manner

Strengthening animal health delivery system Link CAHWs with private veterinary drug vendors and set up cost-recovery system Assess the impact of the current crisis on the pastoral livestock system Conflict risk mapping exercise in relation to livestock movements

Conduct an assessment on gender roles in farming, fishing and pastoralist communities Re-stocking for women headed households who lost their assets Strengthen Cross-border TADs surveillance

Improve livestock production (meat, milk & eggs) through provision of better feed, access to water and animal health care.

 To increase resilience of pastoralist livelihoods to shocks

Increased production

Thank you